Effective Interventions Privacy Notice

Effective Interventions is a way of working with families who are
experiencing multiple problems, to help them achieve their goals.

In the past, when families experienced a number of difficulties, they would
have a number of professionals, plans and appointments. This could be confusing.

The Effective Interventions approach means that if you have multiple
problems, we with work with our partners so that:

only those workers that need to be are involved with your family

we will try to limit the number of visits you receive from workers and/or
the number of meetings you and your family need to attend

you are asked as a family what your goals are

you only have one, clear plan to help you achieve your goals.

To be able to achieve this, Hartlepool Borough Council and it's partners may
need to share your personal information. The sharing of information will most
often happen at meetings which you and your family will be invited.

Partners involved with us

The following services are working with us to work more effectively with
families:

To help us understand whether Effective Interventions is helping families and
is a good use of public money, the Department for Communities and Local
Government would like to combine personal data held by us and our partners (such
as names and dates of birth) which information routinely collected by Government
Departments.

The progress of families who work with us and our partners will be
compared with those who have not. This will give them information on how
effective we have been in helping families and will be used to improve our
services.

Any personal data (names, dates of birth and addresses) will be
removed before it is given to the organisation carrying out the research (Office
for National Statistics). Your personal data will be destroyed at the end of the
research.

This means it will be impossible for anyone to identify you or
your family.

The combined data on your progresscannot be shared
with Hartlepool Borough Council or used to make decisions about you.

It will not affect any benefits, services or treatment you may be
entitled to.

All data will be transferred, handled and stored in accordance with the Data
Protection Act 1998. Legally binding agreements are in place between Hartlepool
Borough Council, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the
Office for National Statistics and agreements are in place between Government
departments to ensure that all parties comply with the strict rules on handling,
transferring, storing and destroying the data under the Data Protection Act
1998.

If you would like more information about this research project, or would like
to opt out, please contact 01429 273132.